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Kia Optima South Korea’s best car

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The Kia Optima is a mid-size four-door sedan built by the Kia Motor company. The car entered the market in the year 2000. Since then they have been marketed globally through many different name plates. The First generation of Kia cars were mostly marketed under the name Optima, although the car was also called the Kia Magentis in Europe and Canada when sales began there in 2002. For the second round of cars the company released models, Lotzeand the Kia K5 name for the South Korean market and the Magentis name globally, except in the United States and Malaysia where the Optima name was kept. In the next generation of the Kia Optima all markets will use the same name except for china.
The Kia optima has come in many forms since it deputed into the US market one of those models the optima Regal was a luxurious version of the Kia Optima. This model when entering the market in America as well as South Korea did not have the Kia plate put on the car. The 2002 Optima received a minor update. The Optima Regal was a luxurious version of Kia Optima sold in South Korea. American models did not wear the Kia logo on the grille, The grille was redesigned for the United States in 2003 for the 2004 model year to feature the Kia badge, and the headlamps were restyled for 2004 (2005 model year).
Another version of the Optima was released in 2010, this model called the Kia Optima SX Debuted at the 2008 New York International Auto Show. The updated features included new front-end styling and tail lamps. The design of the updated Optima was named under Kia’s chief design officer Peter Schreyer, Peter Schreyer was a veteran car designer that had past relations working for both Audi and Volkswagen. In addition to the new exterior, length is also slightly increased by roughly 2.8 in to approximate 190 in long. Other features to this car included a new engine and revised interior. There is also a new engine in the model. The Main items changed for the new model were in the interior are a redesigned instrument cluster and a Sirius Satellite Radio/AM/FM/MP3/CD with an auxiliary jack. In certain markets, the option of satellite navigation is offered. Since the cars Debut in 2002 the Kia Optima has been a world leader in both sales and Price.